Empty mailboxes

Odhiambo Washington odhiambo at gmail.com
Mon Sep 15 05:06:47 UTC 2014


Increase the logging level and see where the problem is.

On 15 September 2014 08:00, Daniel Miller <dmiller at amfes.com> wrote:

> This is driving me nuts.
>
> I need to rebuild a server - got a notification the main drive is failing,
> and it's been a year or two, so it's time.  Got a new drive, fresh install
> of Ubuntu Tantric, started installing everything needed.  Data stored on a
> RAID array - nicely available separate from the boot/operation drive.
>
> Did a fresh compile of Dovecot, copied over the configs from the old
> drive, mounted the RAID...and...
>
> Dovecot starts, authenticates users - and shows empty mailboxes. Nothing
> shown.  Full panic - reboot on old drive.  All mails present.  Change back
> - no mail.
>
> Executing "doveadm user -u username" seems to give valid results. Mailbox
> location appears correct (using mdbox).
>
> I setup uid/gid the same - I thought it was a rights issue but everything
> looks correct.
>
> What can I do to try to find the stupid mistake I'm making?
>
> --
> Daniel
>



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Best regards,
Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
Nairobi,KE
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